China

Gu Lao Rou

Name: Gu Lao Rou
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 500 g Pork neck, diced; 4 tbsp Cornstarch; 1 handful each Pepper & pineapple; 3 tbsp Rice vinegar; 2 tbsp each Sugar & ketchup; 1 tbsp Soy sauce

The original sweet-and-sour pork from Canton

Gu lao rou is the original sweet-and-sour dish – with pork, as it was invented in Guangdong, long before the chicken version conquered the world.

Crisp-fried pork cubes meet a glossy sauce of rice vinegar, sugar and often pineapple: the perfect balance of sweet and sour.

Servings3

Time45 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Pork neck, diced500 g
Cornstarch4 tbsp
Pepper & pineapple1 handful each
Rice vinegar3 tbsp
Sugar & ketchup2 tbsp each
Soy sauce1 tbsp

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Salt the pork cubes, toss in starch and deep-fry crisp.
Stir rice vinegar, sugar, ketchup and soy sauce into a sauce.
Briefly stir-fry the pepper in the wok.
Add the sauce, boil and thicken with starch until glossy.
Fold in pork and pineapple. Serve with rice.

Make it original

Real rice vinegar makes the sweet-sour balance. Available in the Asia Boutique.

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